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Charter and By-Laws 



of 



THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 

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for 

PROMOTING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, 

AND FOR THE RELIEF OF FREE NEGROES 

UNLAWFULLY HELD IN BONDAGE, 

AND FOR 

IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE 

AFRICAN RACE 



Philadelphia, Pa. 
1916 



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AN ACT 
To incorporate a Society by the name of 

THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 

for 

PROMOTING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, 

AND FOR THE RELIEF OF FREE NEGROES 

UNLAWFULLY HELD IN BONDAGE, 

AND FOR 

IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE AFRICAN 

RACE 



Section 1. Whereas — a voluntary society has for 
some years subsisted in this state, by the name and 
title of "The Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of 
Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held 
in Bondage," which has evidently co-operated with the 
views of the legislature, expressed in the act of this 
commonwealth, passed the first day of March, in the 
year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and 
eighty, entitled, "An Act for the gradual abolition of 
slavery," and a supplement thereto, passed the twenty- 
ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thou- 
sand seven hundred and eighty-eight, entitled, "An Act 
to explain and amend an act, entitled an act for the 
gradual abolition of slavery." 

And whereas this society have lately extended their 
plan so far as to comprehend within their intentions 
the improving the condition as well of those negroes 
who now are, or hereafter shall become, free, by the 
operation of the said acts, or otherwise, and their pos- 

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terity; and have, by their petition to this house, prayed 
to be created and erected into a body politic and cor- 
porate, for the purpose of increasing their ability to be 
useful in the several matters aforesaid. 

Section 2. Be it therefore enacted, and it is hereby 
enacted, by representatives of the freemen of the Com- 
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, 
and by authority of the same, That the present members 
of the said Society, viz. — Dr. Benjamin Franklin et al.: 

And such other person and persons as shall be here- 
after mentioned, and their successors, be and they are 
hereby created and declared to be one body politic 
and corporate in deed and in law, by the name style 
and title of "The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting 
the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free 
Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage and for improving 
the condition of the African Race," and shall have 
perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be 
sued, implead, and be answered unto in all courts of 
law and equity, and to make, have and use one common 
seal to give authenticity to their acts, deeds, records and 
proceedings, and the same at their will and pleasure to 
break, alter, change and make anew, and to purchase, 
take and hold by gift, grant, demise, bargain and sale, 
will and devise, bequest, testament, legacy, or by any 
other mode of conveyance, any lands, tenements, goods, 
chattels, or estate, real, personal or mixed, or choses 
in action, not exceeding at any one time the yearly 
value of fifteen hundred pounds lawful money of Penn- 
sylvania in the whole; and the same to give, grant, 
bargain, sell, demise, convey and assure to others for 
the whole or any lesser estate than they have in the 
same, in such manner and form as the said Society at 
their future meetings hereinafter described shall order 

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and direct; and to apply the rents, issues, and profits, 
income and interest of such estate, and the monies 
arising from the sales of any parts thereof, to the uses, 
ends, intents and purposes of their institution, according 
to the rules, orders, regulations, and constitution of the 
said society, now in force, or which, according to the 
provisions hereinafter made, shall from time to time 
be declared and ordained, touching and concerning the 
same, as fully and effectually as any natural person or 
body politic and corporate within this state, by the 
constitution and laws of this commonwealth, can do, 
and perform the like things. 

Section 3. (As amended pursuant to decree of Court of 
Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia County, March 
Term, 1900, No. 399.) 

And be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by 
the authority aforesaid, That the officers of the said 
Society shall consist of one President, two Vice Presi- 
dents, one Secretary, one Treasurer, who shall also be 
keeper of the common seal, and so many counsellors 
as the said Society shall from time to time think proper 
to appoint and elect, and a Board of Managers, composed 
of the President, the two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary 
and the Treasurer of the said Society and four other mem- 
bers of the said Society, all of whom shall be chosen 
annually by ballot of a majority of votes of the whole 
number of members who shall be present at the Annual 
Meeting, which shall be held on the last Fifth day 
(Thursday) of the Fourth month (April), in every year, 
or at such other time and at such place as the said 
Society shall by their rules and orders direct and appoint. 

Section 4. (As amended pursuant to decree of Court of 
Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia County, March 
Term, 1900, No. 399.) 

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And be it further enacted by the authority afore- 
said, That the said Society shall and may hold one 
Annual Meeting as provided for in section 3 at such place 
and hour of the day as they may agree unto in every 
year forever hereafter, and may adjourn said Annual 
Meeting from time to time, and shall and may hold such 
other special meetings as the Society by their rules and 
orders shall direct and appoint, and shall and may hold 
such other meetings as the President of the said Society 
shall think necessary to call, or one of the Vice Presi- 
dents of the said Society, at the request of any six mem- 
bers thereof shall call, of which special meetings notice 
shall be given in two of the public newspapers printed 
in the city of Philadelphia, at least ten days before the 
time of any such meeting, at any of which annual or 
special meetings or adjournments thereof, it shall and 
may be lawful for the said Society, or so many of them 
as shall meet, by a majority of voices to agree, to ordain 
and to establish such by-laws, rules, orders and regulations 
as they shall judge necessary for the well-ordering and 
governing the said Society and for the well-managing the 
affairs thereof; and to fix and ascertain the terms and 
conditions upon which new members shall be admitted 
to the said Society and upon which former members 
may be removed, and to define and ascertain the duties 
of the several officers of the said Society, and for want 
of obedience in any of the officers of the said Society to 
remove and displace them and others to appoint, and 
generally to agree to, ordain and establish all such 
by-laws, rules, orders, and regulations for the well- 
governing of the said Society, for perpetuating a succes- 
sion of its officers, and performing the duties they have 
undertaken, or shall undertake, as the said Society at 
any of their said annual meetings, or special meetings 

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and adjournments thereof, shall by a majority of voices 
determine to be right and proper. Provided always, 
nevertheless, that no real estate shall be disposed of, 
or the right and estate of the Society therein be lessened, 
or altered for the less, unless the President, or one of 
the Vice Presidents, and at least twelve members shall 
be present at such meeting, and a majority of those 
present shall agree to the same, and provided also that 
all and every the by-laws, rules, orders and regulations 
already enacted and made or hereafter to be enacted 
and made by the said Society be reasonable in them- 
selves and not contradictory to the constitution and 
laws of the Commonwealth. 

Section 5. And be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the Constitution of "the Pennsylvania 
Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for 
the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage," 
as enlarged at a meeting of the said Society held at 
Philadelphia, the twenty-third day of April, in the year 
one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and all 
rules, orders, regulations and proceedings made and 
had by the said Society in pursuance thereof, be and 
they are hereby declared to be in full force and binding 
upon the said Society, by this act, created and incorpo- 
rated, until the same shall be repealed, altered or annulled 
at a quarterly or special meeting or adjournment thereof, 
to be held in pursuance of this act, as fully and effectu- 
ally as if the same to be originally adopted by the said 
Society, hereby incorporated and created at one of their 
said meetings. 

Section 6. And be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That until the next election which shall be 
held by the said Society in pursuance of this act, the said 
Benjamin Franklin shall be the President thereof, the 

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said James Pemberton and Jonathan Penrose shall be 
the Vice Presidents thereof, and the said Benjamin 
Rush and Caspar Wistar shall be the Secretaries thereof, 
the said James Starr shall be the Treasurer thereof, 
and William Lewis, Myers Fisher, William Rawle, and 
John D. Coxe shall be the counsellors thereof, and that 
all and every the committee and committees hereto- 
fore appointed by the said Society for promoting the 
abolition of slavery and for the relief of free negroes 
unlawfully held in bondage, shall be and continue to 
be the officers and committees of the said Society here- 
by created and incorporated, and shall report to, and 
account with the same, in the same manner, as they 
would have done to the former society in case this act 
had not been passed. 

Section 7. And be it enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That this act shall in all things be construed 
in the most favourable and liberal manner to and for 
the Society, in order to effectuate the privileges hereby 
to them granted; and that no misnomer of the said 
corporation in any deed, will, testament, gift, grant, 
demise or other instrument of contract, or conveyance 
shall vitiate or defeat the same, if the said corporation 
shall be sufficiently described to ascertain the intent 
of the party or parties to give, devise, bequeath, convey, 
or assure to, or contract with the said corporation 
hereby created by the name aforesaid. Nor shall any 
non-uses of the said privileges hereby granted create 
any forfeiture of the same, but the same may be 
exercised by the said corporation, notwithstanding their 
failure to meet at any of the times herein specified, to 
hold their annual elections, the officers elected at any 
of the said annual elections, shall continue to hold and 
exercise their offices until others shall be duly elected 

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to succeed them, at some future meeting of the said 
corporation. 

Signed by order of the House, 

Richard Peters, Speaker. 

Enacted into a law at Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the 
eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one 
thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. 

Peter Zachary Lloyd, 
Clerk of the General Assembly. 

Section 8. {Added pursuant to decree of Court of 
Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia County, March 
term, 1900, No. 399). That it shall be the duty of the 
said Board of Managers to conduct all the business of 
the said Society (except the sale of real estate), to 
receive bequests, to sell securities other than real estate, 
and to invest and reinvest and keep invested the funds 
of the said Society and to provide all things necessary 
to carry into effect the object of the said Society, and 
to pay all the expenditures incurred in and about the 
premises; and it shall be the duty of said Board of 
Managers to meet at least once in three months, to 
supply any vacancy therein, to enact rules and regula- 
tions for the government thereof, to keep regular 
minutes of the proceedings, and the same to exhibit 
when required to the said Society, and to make an 
annual report to the said Society. 

BY-LAWS 
Adopted 4th Month 25th, 1901. 
Article 1. Members. Any person, 21 years or over, 
of good character, desiring to promote the objects of the 
Society, shall be eligible to membership in it. To 
become a member, his or her name must be proposed 
at a meeting of the Board of Managers, or general 

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meeting of the Society, and must then receive a major- 
ity vote at a subsequent regular or special meeting of 
the Board or of the Society; but no person holding a 
slave shall be eligible to membership. 

Article 2. Dues. From and after the first day of 
First Month, 1902, each member shall pay into the 
Treasury one dollar a year on or before the Annual 
Meeting; any member who has not made this payment 
when the Annual Meeting convenes, shall be disqualified 
from voting thereat, and subsequently, upon due notice, 
his membership may be suspended by vote of the 
Board of Managers. 

Article 3. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings 
of the Board of Managers shall be held at the time of 
the Annual Meeting, and on the last Fifth day (Thurs- 
day) in the Seventh, Tenth and First Months. 

Article 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings 
of the Board of Managers shall be called by the President, 
or, in his absence or inability, by either of the Vice 
Presidents, and the Secretary shall send written notices 
to the members of the Board. 

Article 5. Chairman. The President, or, in his 
absence, one of the Vice Presidents, shall preside at 
each meeting of the Board of Managers, or, if they 
shall both be absent, a chairman pro-tem. shall be 
appointed. 

Article 6. Quorum. Five members of the Board of 
Managers shall form a quorum. 

Article 7 . Orders. Orders on the Treasurer for the 
payment of money shall be signed by the President, or 
chairman pro-tem., presiding at the meeting of the 
Board of Managers in which the payments were 
authorized, and attested by the Secretary of the meeting. 

Article 8. Amendments. These BY-LAWS may be 



amended at any time by a majority vote of the Board of 
Managers; but the change must have been proposed, 
in writing, at a previous meeting and notice thereof 
sent to each member of the Board of Managers. 



LIST OF 
Wm. M. Longstreth, 
Chas. F. Jenkins, 
Robert M. Janney, 
William C. Biddle, 
Ellwood Heacock, 
Alfred Moore, 
Thomas P. Bacon, 
Anna M. Jackson, 
D. Henry Wright, 
Susan P. Wharton, 
Richard R. Wright, Jr., 
Elizabeth Lloyd, 
Mary R. Livezey, 
Howard C. Roberts, 
R. Barclay Jones, 
Walter H. Jenkins, 
Joel Borton, 
Ella R. Bicknell, 
J. Henry Scattergood, 
Isaac Roberts, 
Henry Ferris, 
Abel P. Caldwell, 
Chas. Fred. White, 
Dr. Chas. H. Gubbins, 

Robert Biddle, 
Henry Gawthrop, 
George W. Mitchell, 



MEMBERS. 

230 Chestnut Street, Phila., Pa. 

Farm Journal, Phila., Pa. 

1015 Penna. Building, Phila., Pa. 

78 Rcade Street, New York, N. Y. 

2027 N. College Ave., Phila., Pa. 

618 No. American Bldg., Phila., Pa. 

3212 Baring St., Phila., Pa. 

215 E. 15th St., New York, N. Y. 

727 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. 

910 Clinton St., Phila., Pa. 

631 Pine St., Phila., Pa. 

140 N. 15th St., Phila., Pa. 

908 W. Marshall Sl.,Norrislown, Pa. 

513 W. Main St., Norristown, Pa. 

630 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa. 

140 N. 15th St., Phila., Pa. 

133 S. 4th St., Phila., Pa. 

1839 S. 57th St., Phila., Pa. 

648 Bourse Bldg., Phila., Pa. 

50 Beekman St., New York, N. Y. 

140 N. 15th St., Phila., Pa. 

1706 N. Woodstock St., Phila., Pa. 

1031 S. 18th St., Phila., Pa. 

N. W. Cor. 15th and Race Sts., 

Phila., Pa. 
Riverton, N. J. 
Swarthmore, Pa. 
90S Walnut St., Phila., Pa. 
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Ellwood Roberts, 
Frank L. Neall, 
Arabella Carter, 
Cornelia Hancock, 

Elizabeth Powell Bond, 
Helen Underhill Wood, 
Isadore Martin, 
Dr. Henry L. Gowens, 
Hugh S. Walker, 
William C. Coles, 
Benjamin C. Heritage, 
Ellis W. Bacon, 
Cassandra T. Carr, 
Alfred Darnell, 
Sarah W. Knight, 
Samuel L. Borton, 
Theodore Justice, 
Claude J. Smith, 
Lillian M. Ellis, 
Ethel M. B. Roberts, 
M. Jennie Garrett, 
Rev. Matthew Anderson, 
Dr. Jesse H. Holmes, 
Rebecca W. Holmes, 



Winslow, N. J. 
367 Bourse Bldg., Phila., Pa. 
1305 Arch St., Phila., Pa. 
50 N. Delanoy Place, 

Atlantic City, N. J. 
6300 Greene St., Germantown, Pa. 
ML Kisco, N. Y. 
6 No. 42nd St., Phila., Pa. 
1636 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. 
765 N. 20th St., Phila., Pa. 
Moorestoivn, N. J. 
Mickleton, N. J. 
3603 Baring St., Phila., Pa. 
1715 N. 19th St., Phila., Pa. 
140 N. 15th St., Phila., Pa. 
Somerton, Pa. 
Hale Building, Phila., Pa. 
W. Clapier St., Germantoum, Pa. 
Swarthmore, Pa. 
Trooper, Pa. 

513 W. Main St., Norristown, Pa. 
1519 Bouvier St., Phila., Pa. 
1924 S. College Ave., Phila., Pa. 
Siva rth more, Pa. 
Swarthmore, Pa. 



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EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEDING TO AMEND 
CHARTER 

In the Court of Common Pleas Number 3, in and for the 
County of Philadelphia. 

To the Honorable the Judges of the said Court: 

The Petition of "The Pennsylvania Society for 
promoting the Abolition of Slavery and for the Relief of 
Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage, and for 
Improving the Condition of the African Race," respect- 
fully represents: 

That it is a body politic and corporate in the law, 
enjoying the rights and privileges of a corporation under * 
an Act of Assembly dated December 8th, 1789; 

That since the time of the incorporation of the said 
Society, it has been engaged in the work for which it 
was formed as a beneficial and charitable society; 

That the said Society has found itself hampered and 
hindered in the prosecution of its work and in the trans- 
action of its business; 

It therefore has seemed expedient and wise to make 
application for an amendment to its Charter. 

That at a meeting of the said Society held the 25th 
day of First Month (January), 1900, the following 
amendments to the Charter were adopted, to wit: 

Section 3 of the Charter was amended to read as 
follows : 

(See section 3 in Charter, page 3) 

Section 4 of the Charter was amended to read as 
follows : 

(See section 4 in Charter, page 4) 

The Charter was further amended by adding a new 
section thereto to be known as Section 8, and to read 
as follows: 

(See section 8 in Charter, page 4) 
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Your petitioner is desirous of having the Charter 
amended and altered as above set forth and believes 
the proposed amendments will be beneficial and lawful 
and necessary for the proper accomplishment of the 
objects for which said Society was incorporated. 

Your petitioner therefore prays your Honorable Court 
to grant a decree, authorizing the amendment as afore- 
said and that the same shall be deemed and taken to be 
a part of the Charter of the said Society, being in sub- 
stitution of the section 3 and 4, and the new section 8 
being in addition to the Charter as originally granted. 

And it will ever pray, etc. „ „ A 

Samuel S. Ash, 

. Vice President and President pro-tem. 

Jos. M. Truman, Jr., 

Secretary. 
William S. Ingram, 

Treasurer. 

Philadelphia County, S. S. 

Jos. M. Truman, Jr., being duly affirmed according 
to law, doth declare and say that he is the Secretary of 
the above-named Society and that the facts set forth 
in the above Petition are just and true to the best of his 
knowledge, information and belief. 

Affirmed and subscribed before me the 22nd day of 
March, 1900. 

Wm. A. Shayock, Jos. M. Truman, Jr. 

Notary Public. 

DECREE 

And now to wit, this sixth day of April, A. D. 1900, it 
is ordered and decreed that the application for the pro- 
posed amended Charter shall be filed and notice given 
of said application in two daily newspapers, to wit: 

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The Press and North American, and one weekly paper, 
to wit: "The Legal Intelligencer" once a week for 
three weeks, setting forth briefly the character and 
objects of the said amendments, and after due proof 
of such notice shall have been made and filed the pe- 
titioner shall have leave to apply for decree that the said 
amendments to the said Charter shall be deemed and 
taken to be a part of the Charter of the said Society. 

H. J. M. 

In the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, for the County of 
Philadelphia, March term, 1900, No. 399. 

In re "The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the 
Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes 
unlawfully held in Bondage, and for the improving the 
condition of the African Race." 

And now to wit; this 14th day of May, A. D. 1900, 
the Court having read and considered the Petition 
filed by "The Pennsylvania Society for promoting the 
Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes 
unlawfully held in Bondage, and for improving the 
condition of the African Race," for leave to amend its 
Charter in the manner set forth in the said petition, and 
it appearing to the Court that the alterations and 
amendments asked for are lawful and beneficial and 
do not conflict with the requirements of the Statutes 
or of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, and the 
annexed proof of publication of Notice having been 
submitted to the Court showing that advertisement 
has been made as provided for by law, the Court do 
order and decree that the said Petition be and the same 
is hereby granted. And the amendments and altera- 
tions of the Charter prayed for shall, upon the record- 
ing of the same, be hereafter deemed and taken to be a 
part of the Charter of the said Society. 

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And sections 3 and 4 of the Charter shall hereafter read 

as contained in the Petition for amendment of Charter 

instead of the manner in which the said sections read in 

the charter originally granted and section 8 shall be 

deemed and taken to be a part of the said Charter as set 

out in the said Petition. TT T 

H. J. M. 

Recorded in the office for Recording of Deeds in and 
for the City and County of Philadelphia in Charter 
book No. 25, page 267. 

Witness my hand and seal of office this 14th day of 

May, A. D. 1900. 

John Virden, 

, Recorder of Deeds. 

Sections 3, and 4 of the Original Charter 
(Previous to amendments in 1900.) 
Section 3. And be it further enacted, and it is hereby 
enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers of 
the said Society shall consist of one President, two Vice 
Presidents, two Secretaries, one Treasurer, who shall 
also be the keeper of the common seal, and so many 
counsellors as the said Society shall from time to time 
think proper to appoint and elect, all of whom shall be 
chosen annually by ballot of a majority of votes of the 
whole number of members who shall be present at the 
quarterly meeting hereinafter mentioned, which shall 
be held on the first Second day of the week (called 
Monday) in the First Month (called January) in every 
year after the passing of this act, or at such other time, 
and at such place, as the Society shall, by their rules 
and orders, direct and appoint ; and of such committees, 
for carrying into execution the designs of the said 
institution, as the said Society heretofore have appointed, 
and hereafter at any of their quarterly or special meet- 

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ings shall agree to, and appoint in the manner and form 
to be hereafter agreed upon. 

Section 4. And be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the said Society shall and may hold 
four quarterly meetings in every year, at such place 
and hour of the day as they shall agree unto, on every 
the first second day of the week (called Monday) on 
every first, fourth, seventh and tenth months (called 
January, April, July and October) in every year for- 
ever hereafter, and may adjourn the said quarterly 
meetings from time to time; and shall and may hold 
such other special meetings as the Society by their rules 
and orders may direct and appoint, and shall and may 
hold such other meetings as the President of the said 
Society shall think necessary to call, or one of the Vice 
Presidents of the said Society, at the request of any six 
members thereof, shall call, of which special meetings 
notice shall be given in two of the public newspapers 
printed in the city of Philadelphia, at least two days 
before the time of meeting; at any of which quarterly 
or special meetings, or adjournments thereof, it shall 
and may be lawful for the said Society, or so many of 
them as shall meet, by a majority of voices to agree, to 
ordain and to establish such by-laws, rules, orders and 
regulations as they shall judge necessary, for the well- 
ordering and governing the said Society; and for the 
well-managing the affairs thereof, and to appoint such 
and so many committees, consisting of such of their 
members as they shall think necessary, to superintend 
the different departments of duties already undertaken 
by the Society heretofore subsisting, or hereafter to be 
undertaken by the Society, hereby established, and to 
receive the reports of such committees, and take such 
order thereon, as to them shall seem proper: and to 

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fix and ascertain the terms and conditions upon which 
new members shall be admitted in the said Society, 
and upoa which former members may be removed, and 
to define and ascertain the duties of the several officers 
and committees of the said Society, and to enforce the 
same by such reasonable fines and forfeitures to be 
imposed on delinquents, as they shall think proper, and 
for want of obedience in any of the members, com- 
mittees, or officers of the said Society, to remove and 
displace them, and others to appoint, and generally to 
agree to, ordain, and establish all such by-laws, rules, 
orders and regulations, for the well-governing of the 
said Society, for perpetuating a succession of its officers 
and performing the duties they have undertaken, or shall 
undertake as the said Society, at any of their said quar- 
terly or special meetings or adjournments thereof, 
shall, by a majority of voices, determine to be right and 
proper. Provided always nevertheless, That no real or 
personal estates above the value of sixty dollars shall 
be disposed of, or the right and estate of the society 
therein shall be lessened or altered for the less, nor any 
by-law, rule, order or regulation of the said Society 
enacted repealed or altered, nor any sum of money 
appropriated to any new use not before agreed upon by 
any of the meetings or committees to be appointed, 
unless the President or one of the Vice Presidents, and 
at least twenty members shall be present at such meet- 
ing, and a majority of these present shall agree to the 
same. 

And provided also, That all and every by-law, 
rules, orders and regulations already enacted and made, 
or hereafter to be enacted and made by the said Society, 
be reasonable in themselves and not contradictory to 
the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. 

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